Tom Gantert, Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential [Mackinac Center]

Tom Gantert is Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, a daily news site of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

When Gantert arrived at Capitol Confidential as Senior Capitol Correspondent in February 2010, he already had extensive experience as a journalist, having worked for more than 20 years at Michigan daily newspapers, including The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Lansing State Journal and Ann Arbor News. Gantert also served a four-month stint at USA Today as part of a Gannett Corporation loaner program. In 2008, Gantert was The Ann Arbor News writer of the year, and in September 2009, he founded Reporting Michigan, a nonprofit news Web site.

Gantert holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. He has two sons and lives in Jackson, Mich.

Chamber: Concern Lansing Abatement Proposal Could Have 'Unintended Consequences'

corporate welfare, … more

Published on Nov. 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Safe Space? Ann Arbor Landmark Painted With 'Kill em All' After Trump Victory

Published on Nov. 9, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Gave Biofuel Company Millions for Unbuilt Plant

Published on Nov. 8, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Rising Pension Costs Bury Michigan Schools Despite Past Tweaks to System

Published on Nov. 3, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Wayne County Schools’ Tax Hike Sponsors Paint False Picture With ‘Factual Information'

Published on Oct. 31, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Media Loves Corporate Welfare Stories, But Silent When Jobs Go Bust

Published on Oct. 24, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

WikiLeaks: Granholm's Obama Job Application Oversold Clean Energy Jobs

Published on Oct. 22, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan High School Grad Rate Up as Detroit Schools Increases 30 Percent

Published on Oct. 19, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Spending Up and Up, But Spending Interests Cry Poverty

Published on Oct. 17, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

EPA Expands Power by Calling Plowed Farm Fields 'Mini Mountain Ranges'

Published on Oct. 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Got a Permit for That Garage Sale?

Published on Oct. 7, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Rumors of Unions' Post-Right-to-Work Death Exaggerated

Published on Oct. 6, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Sloppiness Costs Teacher Thousands in Lost Pay, Blames Mythical ‘Funding Cuts’

Published on Oct. 3, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Researchers: Having More College Grads Around Doesn't Mean Less-Educated Workers Earn More

Published on Oct. 1, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan District Bans Homeschooled Girl From Homecoming Dance

Published on Sept. 29, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Republican AG Rebuffs GOP Governor On Failed Detroit Schools: OK To Close Them

Published on Sept. 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Sierra Club: No Gas, No Coal, No Nukes; Lansing Utility: No Lights, Then

Published on Sept. 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Budget Gimmicks, Debt and Deficit Smokescreens Preceded Flint Lead Crisis

Published on Sept. 21, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Before Flint’s Lead Crisis, City Council Raided Money from 'Water Fund'

Published on Sept. 21, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Bill Legalizes March Madness and Fantasy Sports Bets

Published on Sept. 17, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

NAACP: Historical 13-Star Flag Associated With 'Racial Supremacy' Groups

Published on Sept. 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

School Superintendent: 13-Star 'Betsy Ross' Flag Injects 'Hostility' and 'Hate'

Published on Sept. 13, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Bill Would Ban Ann Arbor's Ban on Young Adult Tobacco Sales

Published on Sept. 12, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Post a Photo of Your Marked Ballot? You've Broken the Law

Published on Sept. 9, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Despite the Hype, Detroit's Job Growth Among the Lowest in the State

Published on Sept. 7, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Membership in Michigan Down 38 Percent in 32 Years

Published on Sept. 5, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Governor Gives Academically Failed Detroit Schools a Three-Year Pass

Published on Sept. 2, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

You’re OUT! School Bars Resident From Working as Baseball Ump

Published on Sept. 1, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Statewide Student Test Scores Are In and the News Isn't Good

Published on Aug. 31, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Had More Corruption in One Day Than John Oliver Found in Charter Schools Over 10 Years

Published on Aug. 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Study 'Segregates' School District Borders By Ignoring Key Data

Published on Aug. 24, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Plans to Close Some Top Public Schools

Published on Aug. 22, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Taxes Up $4.3 Million, State Money Down $200K: So Who 'Compromised' Services?

Published on Aug. 18, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Board of Education Not Immune To School Funding Myths

Published on Aug. 12, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

WSU Prof's Report Blaming Flint Decline on 'Structural Racism' Used Bad Data

Published on Aug. 10, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Snyder Orders a State Economic 20 Year Plan

Published on Aug. 9, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Up and Down: The Story of Teacher Salaries in Detroit

Published on Aug. 5, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Schools Deteriorated, Questions On $500 Million Bond

Published on Aug. 4, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

The Electric Car Future That Never Happened

Published on Aug. 2, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan to Write $1 Billion in Secret Corporate Welfare Checks in 2016

Published on July 29, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Why Americans Should Care the U.S. is Approaching $20 Trillion in Debt

Published on July 27, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

We're No. 1: Unemployment in Michigan Fell Faster Than Anywhere Else

Published on July 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

MSU: You Can Be Ticketed For Smoking in Your Own Car

Published on July 22, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Shivering in the Dark? Sierra Club Opposes 91 Percent of Michigan Electricity

Published on July 20, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit's Red Ink Remains, But Future Looks Brighter

Published on July 19, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Drug Raids Down 75 Percent in Detroit as Police Shift Their Focus

Published on July 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Democratic Senators Seek to Silence Debate About Global Warming

Published on July 13, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan School Funding At Record High

Published on July 8, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Former Gov. Granholm Left Teaching Job at Berkeley; Husband Dan Mulhern to Teach One Class in Fall

Published on July 7, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit’s Top Employer No Longer a Government Entity

Published on July 6, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Pay for New Ann Arbor Teachers Up 24-44 Percent in Four Years

Published on July 5, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Here's What the NY Times Got Wrong On Detroit Public Schools

Published on June 30, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Academic Failure Forces Charter School Closure

Published on June 29, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Contract Delivers Five-Year Salary Freeze for State's Teacher of the Year

Published on June 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Deficits Loom, But Community College Launches Athletics Program Anyway

Published on June 27, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Right-To-Work For More? Michigan Income Growth the Nation’s Third-Fastest

Published on June 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Fewer School Districts Borrowing to Cover Expenses, But Pension Debt Rising

Published on June 21, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

How They Spin 'Underfunded Schools': Ignore the Federal Money

Published on June 20, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Spiking Pensions: Another MEA Executive Involved in Special Deals

Published on June 18, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Another School District-Teachers Union Pension Spiking Deal

Published on June 16, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Ph.D. Not Good Enough, Professor: You Still Can't Teach in Detroit Schools

Published on June 13, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Narrative Trumps Facts When Reporting on Detroit Public Schools

Published on June 11, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Pension Funding: Why Your Town is Going Broke

Published on June 8, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

House Republicans 'No Way' on Detroit School Choice Restrictions

Published on June 7, 2016

Despite Enrollment Decline, Teachers Paid More

Published on June 6, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan School Pension Debt Grows Again

Published on June 3, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Four Months and Counting for Records from Agency at Center of Flint Water Crisis

Published on June 1, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Data: No Detroit Teacher Shortage

Published on May 31, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Teachers Under Pay Freeze, But Union President Gets Big Pay Hike

Published on May 27, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Money Rolling In, But Cities With Hands Out To Lansing Claim 'Broken' Finances

Published on May 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Public Schools' Collapse Preceded Charter School Expansion

Published on May 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Expects to Take $2.4 Billion More; Media Cries 'Deficit!'

Published on May 20, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

'Got Your Back' or Stab It: Union Sics Bill Collectors on Right-to-Work Exercisers

Published on May 19, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Schools Transition Chief Says: Restrict Charter Schools in City

Published on May 16, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Contaminated Water Dominates Flint Headlines, But Pension Earthquake Looms

Published on May 13, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Why Do College Costs Skyrocket Year After Year?

Published on May 12, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Average Teacher Salaries Decline, But Individual Educators Get More

Published on May 10, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Fails to Make Required Teacher Pension Fund Contribution

Published on May 9, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

House Dems to Detroit Parents: No New Charter Schools For You

Published on May 5, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Group at Fore of Detroit School Preservation Effort Has Mixed Record

Published on May 3, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Attorneys General Wage War on Political Dissent

Published on May 2, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

IRS-Style Viewpoint Discrimination in Grand Rapids City Government?

Published on April 29, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Grand Rapids City Attorney Calls Alleged Rape Victim a 'Crack and Heroin Whore'

Published on April 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Panic Over: Number of School Districts in Deficit Plummets

Published on April 27, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

After 10 Years of Deficits, How One District Escaped Being Dissolved

Published on April 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

More from Taxpayers, But State Corporate Welfare Taking More Too

Published on April 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Czar-Like Detroit Education Commission Part of Establishment's 'War on Charters?'

Published on April 22, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Bankrupt Detroit Still Refuses Property Sales to Charter Schools

Published on April 20, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Duggan Approved Ban on Selling Closed Detroit Schools to Charters

Published on April 18, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Top Rated School Could Be Closed in Battle Creek

Published on April 12, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Motorcycle Deaths Decline Since Helmet Mandate Repeal

Published on April 11, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Clock Ticking on School Adequacy Study

Published on April 7, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Pushes Back Against Feds on Labor Regulations

Published on April 6, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Ban Closing a Detroit School, No Matter How Bad?

Published on April 4, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Prison Guard Union Provides Lurid Claims for U-M Anti-Privatization Report

Published on April 1, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

How Michigan's School Rankings Aggravate Social Tensions

Published on March 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

March Madness Office Pools: Illegal, But Tolerated

Published on March 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Need a Job? Michigan's Unemployment Rate Better than U.S. Average

Published on March 25, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Republican Senate Bails Out Detroit Schools, Rations School Choice

Published on March 24, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Fact-Checking Teacher Union Math on Detroit Schools

Published on March 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential